The Gophers will lose a highly coveted member of their 2015 freshman class
The University of Minnesota announced on Monday that incoming freshman Jarvis Johnson from De La Salle High School in Minneapolis will not compete for the Gopher Basketball team after being unable to be medically cleared.
As Amelia Rayno of the Star Tribune recapped in her profile of Johnson in March, in December of 2010 Johnson collapsed on the court and was rushed to Children's Hospital. He was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — a heart disease that can cause sudden death. Johnson was in a medically induced coma for a few days, and would eventually wake up.